Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing (1912)
Davis, Charles G. (Charles Gerard), 1870-1959, ed · New York, London, Harper & Brothers · leaf 106
e bolted to thedeck and at the outer end U-notches are cut for the axle ofthe wheels to fit into and capped with iron straps such asshown in Fig. 32. A blacksmith will make these for youfrom strap-iron an eighth of an inch thick and two inches7 89 BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS wide. They should be bolted… … BOATS WHICH BOYS CAN BUILD two feet long, and are made from wood seven-eighths ofan inch in thickness. Seven blades eight inches wide arescrewed fast to the sides or held in place with long, galvan-ized boat nails. The axle is of spruce two inches square, and the wheelsides are provided with square…
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